Guard for wringer rolls



March 5, 1935. A. c. DAVIS GUARD FOR WRINGER ROLLS Filed June 12. 1934Patented Mar. 5, 1935 UNITED STATES ,PATEN'T .OFFIICE.

' p 1 ,993,319 o v f o GUARD FOR WRINGER ROLLS I Arthur 0. Davis,Canton, ohio 7 Application June 12,1934, Serial No. 730,207 4 C1aims.((11. 68-32) The invention relates to a guard for'the rolls of a clotheswringer and more particularly to means for guarding the wringer rolls;against.

articles passing therethrough from becoming en- 5 tangled around therolls.

In the use of the ordinary clothes wringer, it frequently happens thatarticles instead of passing properly through the wringer rolls willadhere to one roll or the other, often resulting intea'ring ofthearticle or even damage to the wringer rolls and making it necessaryto reverse the movementof the rolls to untangle the artis clestherefrom. f

The object of the'present improvement is to provide a guard or stripperfor each roll of a clothes wringer arranged to prevent articles fromadhering to either roll, causing them to pass through the rolls inproper fashion.

It is known that attempts have been made to provide guards or strippersupon clothes wringers but such devices as have been attempted in thepast do not allow for any variation in the size of the rolls, making itnecessary to form and mount each guard to, accommodate the particu-' larroll on which it is to be used and not providing for any adjustment ofthe guard to compensate for wear upon the rolls.

A further object of the invention is to pro-' vide an adjustable guardfor clothes wringer rolls adapted to compensate for variation in size orfor wear'upon the rolls.

A further object is to provide such a guard comprising a substantiallyflat member stationary relative to the'bearings of the roll and a pairof curved stripper members adjustably mounted upon the flat member.

The aboveobjects, together with others which will be apparent from aninspection of the drawing and the following description, or which may belater pointed out, may be attained by constructing the improved clotheswringer guard in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing,showing a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of a clothes wringer with the improved guard appliedthereto;

Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale taken as on theline 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a detached perspective View of the guard for the upper roll; ande Fig. 4, a similar view lower roll. 7

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the drawing.

The improved guard to which the invention perof .the guard for the theopen slots 22 formed bars 29 are adjustably carried by the fiat central5 tains may be attached to a wringer of any usual and well known designwhich is provided with a frame including the channel upright end members10 in which are mounted the-upper and lower roll bearing blocks 11 and12 respectively, 5 the lower blocks being adapted to rest upon stops 13in the lower portions of the uprights 10, and the upper blocks"being-engaged by thespring 14 carried in thetop crossbar 15 and adjustedas 0 'by the screw 16.

The upper andlowerrolls 17 and 18 respectively aremounted on theshafts-wand 20 respectively, the ends of Which'project beyond the rollsand form journals, the upper-journals being received in the elongatedopenings 21 in the bearing blocks 11 and the lower journ'als'in in theupper faces of the blocks 12. 1

The lower roll 18 may be positively driven in: either direction in usualand ordinary manner 20 as by gearing enclosed in the gear box 23. Theusual drain table 24 may be provided at the lower end of the wringerframe and the-shields 25 may be carried in the channel uprights 10 atopposite ends of the rolls. 25

All of the above parts may be of any .usual and well known constructionsuch as common in clothes wringers and the wringer in itself forms nopart of the invention but is merelyillustrated in order to show theapplication of the improved guard thereto. 7

Each of the roll guards is preferably formed of sheet metal or similarmaterial and includes a central flat member and two curved guard orstripper members adjustably connected thereto and adapted to bepositioned so that their edges are located on opposite sides of the rollnear the center thereof and spaced just sufficiently from the surface ofthe roll to prevent contact therewith.

The guard for the lower roll 18 comprises the flat central strip ofsheet metal 26, the ends of which may be slightly curved as at 2'7 to.fit upon the shield flange 25. Spring clips 28 are fixed to theunderside of the strip 26 at theend portions thereof to engage beneaththe shieldflanges 25 so as to position the lower guard and hold itagainst vertical movement. I v

The curved sheet metal guard or stripper memmember '26 as by the screws30 located through v 7 slots 31 formed in the curved members 29, Whenparts the lower guard is positioned in the wringer, these curved guardor stripper members 29 areadjusted so that their 'free edges .32 will bespaced from 36 in the members 34 The edges 37 of these curved guardmembers 34 are positioned at op'pe-- site sides of the upper roll 1'7near the center-- thereof and spaced therefrom just sufiiciently toprevent contact with the roll. i

With this construction, as; articles are passed through the wringer ineither direction, it will be seen that any article whichhas a tendencyto adhere to. on roll or the other will be str p ed from the roll by theQurvedguard members and aus d to pass pr p rly through the wrineer in:stead of windin upm the mil, hu preventing tearing of the articles aswell as damage to the rolls. I e

I claim:

1. In a wringer having a ot tabl rolls iou neled therem, uards fo throlls, each guard including a flat member mount d p n th frame, and a par 0! curved m m adiu ta ly connected to the flat memb r and rminatingadjacent to opp si e sid sot the cor-rep din r01 r members, a guard forirameand a pai of ing the same to said'shields' 2. In a wringer having aframe including spaced channel members, bearing blocks slidable in saidchannel members, rolls jcurnaled in said bearing blocks, and a springpressing upon the bearing blocks of one roll, a guard for each rollincluding a flat member and two curved members adjustably connected tothe flat member and terminating adjacent to opposite sides of the roll,the ends of one flat member being located between said spring nd theadjacent bearing blocks. i 3. In awringer having a frame includingspaced channel members, bearing blocks slidable in said channel members,rolls journaled in said bearing blocks, and shields upon said channelmembers,

a guard for each roll including a flat member and two curved membersadjustably connected to the "-flat member and terminating adjacent toopposite sides of the roll, and spring clips upon the ends of one fiatmember for attaching the same to said shields.

4. In awringerhaving a frame including spaced channel members,,bearing'blocks slidable in said channelmembers, rolls ieurnaled insaidbearin blocks, and a spring pressing upon the bearin blocks of one roll,and shields upon said channel each roll including a flat member and twocurved members adjustably con nected to the flat member and terminatingadia cen t pposite 'sides'ofthe roll, the ends of one flat member beingIQcated-betWeen said; spring and the adjacent bearing-block and sprneclips up n the ends of the other flat member for attach- ARTHUR opens.

